Bryce Tremblay, 8, looks for a pear to pick on Friday from one of the 12 fruit trees that students planted one year ago at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Lungowe Mubaya, 8, right, waits to pick a pear in the background. Third-grade students from Katie Chicoine’s classroom picked fruit during a hands-on lesson that they would incorporate into their reading and writing lessons. English language learner teacher Katarina Arvedson received a grant to purchase and plant the apple, peach and pear trees one year ago. Arvedson is currently applying for another grant to hopefully purchase an apple press so that students can make apple cider. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Lungowe Mubaya, 8, looks for a pear to pick on Friday from one of the 12 fruit trees that students planted one year ago at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Third-grade students from Katie Chicoine’s classroom picked fruit during a hands-on lesson that they would incorporate into their reading and writing lessons. English language learner teacher Katarina Arvedson received a grant to purchase and plant the apple, peach and pear trees one year ago. Arvedson is currently applying for another grant to hopefully purchase an apple press so that students can make apple cider. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

English language learner teacher Katarina Arvedson helps Yohane Mabuaka, 8, put on a glove before picking and eating pears at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Third-grade students from Katie Chicoine’s classroom picked fruit during a hands-on lesson that they would incorporate into their reading and writing lessons. Arvedson received a grant to purchase and plant the apple, peach and pear trees one year ago. She is currently applying for another grant to hopefully purchase an apple press so that students can make apple cider. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

English language learner teacher Katarina Arvedson shares a cut up pear Friday with third-grader Tarah Thibodeau at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

English language learner teacher Katarina Arvedson listens to Tarah Thibodeau tell a story Friday while eating pears at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo